Learning Romanian

During part of spring break, Paul and I ventured home to the North Pole, also known as Fort Wayne, IN (my hometown) for one last visit before we leave. The first night we were there, the plan was to hang out with some of my friends from my old church. We had already contacted most of the people that were going to be seeing that evening, but at the last minute, we called a married couple (Scott and Dawn) who I had not seen for a few years. Dawn was able to come and enjoy coffee with us (Scott had to work). While we were catching up, she was informed that Paul and I were going to be moving to Romania for a couple years to serve a campus ministry. Here is where the amazing sovereignty of God comes in, so be prepared. She got really excited and told us that a couple years ago she was going...

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Support Praise

Just to let everyone know, Cris will be depositing the support money to pay for the plane tickets tomorrow. We had more money than we needed for the tickets, and we have almost enough money to go ahead and purchase a year's worth of health insurance.Sorry it has been so long since we have posted. We have been very encouraged as we have contacted friends and family over the last couple of weeks and have heard so many enthusiastic responses from people who want to support us! Than...

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Trust in the Lord, He will take care of us

We know that there have been concerns from people who love us about our well-being in Romania. Our church does not have any experience in sending missionaries long-term. We know that this can bring about fear in the hearts of friends and family who care for us. We don't want anyone to fear, worry, or have anxious thoughts about our time in Romania. We want you to trust and hope in the Lord. He has provided many helps to us, most significantly the church.We are being sent from a church that cares for us tremendously. We are being sent to a church that will care for us. We have dear friends in Romania. We will have support and encouragement from both of the churches, proDeo and Cornerstone. Also, we are not creating a new ministry. We are coming alongside to help and assist an existing...

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Wednesday

Mike Plewniak and Matthew Lindsey (the college pastor and administrative leader at Cornerstone) are meeting with Tommy Hill (who is a head guy for Sovereign Grace minitries' finances) on Wednesday to discuss the options that are available to distribute our support to us while we are in Romania. Hopefully we'll know then exactly what it is going to look like to receive support, because our plane ticket payment comes due in a few weeks...Thanks everyone for praying for ...

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